- Fringe-tailed Gerbil
Taxobox
name = Fringe-tailed Gerbil
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammalia
ordo =Rodent ia
familia =Muridae
genus = "Gerbilliscus "
species = "G. robustus"
binomial = "Gerbilliscus robustus"
binomial_authority = (Cretzschmar, 1826)
synonyms = The Fringe-tailed Gerbil ("Gerbilliscus robustus") is a species ofrodent in theMuridae family.It is found inCentral African Republic ,Chad ,Eritrea ,Ethiopia ,Kenya ,Niger ,Somalia ,Sudan ,Tanzania ,Uganda , possiblyCameroon , and possiblyNigeria .Its naturalhabitat s are drysavanna , moist savanna,subtropical or tropical dry lowlandgrassland ,arable land andurban area s.References
*Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 "in" Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
* Schlitter, D. & Granjon, L. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/21519/all Tatera robusta] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 09 July 2007.
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